Health & Fitness
NE District Adds New COVID Cases; Oconee Schools Report Increase
Oconee County Schools reported 13 Active COVID-19 Cases on Friday, up from five the week before.
The Northeast Health District added 134 new COVID-19 cases based on molecular tests in Friday’s Department of Public Health Daily Status Report, resulting in an increase in the rolling average of added cases per day to just less than 100 cases.
The Northeast Health District also added 34 cases resulting from positive antigen or rapid tests, and the seven-day rolling average of added cases based on that test declined to 45.0 from 51.3 on Thursday.
The Daily Status Report did not add any new deaths from the disease with the release of the Daily Status Report on Friday, and the seven-day rolling average of added deaths dropped from 2.4 on Thursday to 1.9 on Friday.
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Each of the 10 counties in the Northeast Health District added at least one case based on the molecular tests on Friday, with Oconee County adding 12 cases and Clarke County adding 41.
The seven-day rolling average of added confirmed cases based on molecular tests increased from 96.3 to 99.9 in the District as a whole and increased in Oconee County while holding steading in Clarke County.
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Oconee County also added two COVID-19 cases based on antigen tests and Clarke County added six.
Oconee County Schools reported 13 Active COVID-19 Cases on Friday, up from five the week before and equal to the number reported in the weeks ending Aug. 21 and Aug. 28. Cases declined since then to as low as three in the week ending Sept. 25.
The system’s 11 schools have 139 Active Quarantines Due to Close Contact, up from 26 the week earlier and the highest number ever reported by the school system in its Friday COVID-19 Status Report.
The Georgia Hospital Association (GHA) and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) reported on Friday that the number of COVID-19 patients at area hospitals (78) decreased by five from the day before, that the number of ICU beds in use (67) was the same as the day before, and that the number of adult ventilators in use (25) decreased by seven from the day before.
For additional data localizing the state’s reports on COVID-19 and for state data, please go to Oconee County Observations.